Type and social contents of work songs in Kurdistan province

The Typology of Kurdish work songs representative of social issues Social songs are part of folklore social songs are varieties. Type of social songs are works songs. Works songs are songs that women and men singing during work, for work and in the memories of work. The goal of this study is classification of Kurdish work songs in one side and attention to social issues among its in other side. Theory of study rooted in folklore theories. Methods of study were documental and field interviews. Data shows changing of jobs is very profoundly and many of work songs expose of changing and destroying. Work songs are the arts of in the everyday life and content of them are hope, Pain and deficiency of life hood. Some of this song singing during the work and some in free time. Most of songs belongs to traditions jobs and we found only one proto industrial song. Sometime singing by someone and sometime by collective. The role of women in songs is very important and some song only belong to women works.